Publish 118.2 to Origin

11/13/2024 Greetings, With each shard’s normally scheduled maintenance beginning November 14, 2024 Publish 118.2 will be deployed to Origin, Izumo, and Baja. Character transfers from these shards to other shards will be disabled until Publish 118.2 is deployed world wide.  We expect Publish 118.2 to deploy world wide early next week. See you in Britannia, UO Team


UO Herald - Hotfix

Hotfix Deployment & Origin Server Migration

11/11/2024 Greetings, With each shard’s regularly scheduled maintenance beginning November 12, 2024 we will be deploying several hotfixes to Publish 118.1.  Please be sure to check the publish notes here. Also, over the next several months we will be migrating all shards to newer hardware with our cloud service provider. The process will continue tomorrow, November 12, 2024, with Origin.  We expect downtime to last at least 3 hours and will update this post once the migration is complete. Update 10:06 AM ET 11/12/2024 – The Origin migration is complete. See you in Britannia, UO Team


UO Herald - Hotfix

Publish 118.1 Hotfixes

11/7/2024 As of its regularly scheduled maintenance on November 7th, 2024 we have deployed the following hotfix to Origin only: Shadow’s Awakening The time to kill the manifestation of Evil will dynamically adjust based on how fast it is dying Treasure Hunters that help contribute to summoning the Manifestation of Evil will have a chance at a drop when they are present for the kill Shadow Hounds now have a chance to spawn from Cache, Hoard, and Trove maps in all facets Nightmares / Totem of Chromatic Fortune Players not in the same party or guild as the totem owner […]


Publish 118.2 to TC1

11/6/2024 Greetings, We are pleased to announce that Publish 118.2 will be coming to Test Center 1! We anticipate updating Test Center 1 tomorrow, November 7th. Publish 118.2 includes the second phase of Echoes of the Blighted Realm: Shattered Sanctum.  Also included are updates to the Huntmaster’s Challenge, and the Artisan Festival.  New Holiday rewards can be claimed as well as new items in the Ultima Store!  Check out the full publish notes here. We are targeting later this month for a world wide release of Publish 118.2 and look forward to your feedback! Please be sure to update your client to […]


UO Herald - Special Announcement

Test Center 1 Server Migration

11/5/2024 Greetings, Over the next several months we will be migrating all shards to newer hardware with our cloud service provider. The process will start tomorrow, November 6, 2024, with Test Center 1.  We expect downtime to last at least 3 hours and will update this post once the migration is complete. Update 11/6/2024 @ 12:57 PM ET: The migration is now complete. See you in Britannia, UO Team


Publish 118.1 World Wide

10/28/2024 Greetings, We are pleased to announce that beginning October 29, 2024 (Eastern Time) Publish 118.1 will be deployed with each shard’s regularly scheduled maintenance.  Deployment will begin with US shards, with all other shards to follow.  Please be sure to check out the latest publish notes. Character transfers will be unavailable until all shards are updated to Publish 118.1 Please be sure to patch up to the latest clients, Classic Client 7.0.105.0 Enhanced Client 4.0.105.0 See you in Britannia, UO Team


Publish 118.1 Comes to Origin

10/23/2024 Greetings, Beginning with Origin on October 24, 2024 we will be releasing Publish 118.1 to Origin, Izumo & Baja during each shard’s normally scheduled maintenance.  Character transfers from these shards to other shards will be disabled until Publish 118.1 is deployed world wide.  We expect Publish 118.1 to deploy world wide early next week. See you in Britannia, UO Team


Publish 118.1 to Test Center

10/16/2024 Greetings, We are pleased to announce that Publish 118.1 will be coming to Test Center 1!  We anticipate updating Test Center 1 tomorrow, October 17th. Publish 118.1 includes the first phase of Echoes of the Blighted Realm: Shadow’s Awakening.  Also included are new pirate flags in the Black Market, new skulls and Halloween masks and rare colors of the nightmare!  Check out the full publish notes here. We are targeting later this month for a world wide release of Publish 118.1 and look forward to your feedback! See you in Britannia, UO Team


Ultima Online: New Legacy Launches Today!

10/15/2024 Greetings, We are thrilled to announce that Ultima Online: New Legacy will launch today at noon eastern! During times of high demand users may experience queuing during login.  If queuing occurs, If you’re placed in a queue, your position is based on the time of your initial login attempt. The official Classic & Enhanced clients will display your estimated wait time. After the estimated wait time, your spot in the queue is not guaranteed. In preparation for launch a new client patch is available for both the Classic (7.0.105.0) & Enhanced (4.0.105.0) clients.  This patch is mandatory and will […]